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\nIn this curious view, Saturn looms in the foreground on the left, adorned by shadows cast by the giant planet\u2019s rings. To the right, the rings emerge from behind the planet\u2019s hazy limb, stretching outwards from Cassini\u2019s perspective.\n<\/p>\n
\nAt the time the images in this mosaic were collected, on 28 May 2017, Cassini was looking over the horizon just after its sixth pass through the gap between Saturn and the rings as part of its Grand Finale. The mission would eventually conclude on 15 September 2017<\/a>, by plunging into the planet\u2019s atmosphere.\n<\/p>\n \nThe view is of the rings\u2019 unlit face, where sunlight filters through from the other side. The part of the planet seen here is in the southern hemisphere.\n<\/p>\n \nThe Cassini mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA and Italy\u2019s ASI space agency. The image mosaic was first released<\/a> on 16 October 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nIn this curious view, Saturn looms in the foreground on the left, adorned by shadows cast by the giant planet’s rings. To the right, the rings emerge from behind the planet’s hazy limb, stretching outwards from Cassini’s perspective.\n<\/p>\n \nAt the time the images in this mosaic were collected, on 28 May 2017, Cassini was looking over the horizon just after its sixth pass through the gap between Saturn and the rings as part of its Grand Finale. The mission would eventually conclude on 15 September 2017<\/a>, by plunging into the planet’s atmosphere.\n<\/p>\n \nThe view is of the rings’ unlit face, where sunlight filters through from the other side. The part of the planet seen here is in the southern hemisphere.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n